by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
To Imagination See base text
Language: English
When weary with the long day's care,
And earthly change from pain to pain,
And lost, and ready to despair,
Thy kind voice calls me back again -
O my true friend, I am not lone
While thou canst speak with such a tone!
...
But thou art ever there to bring
The hovering visions back and breathe
New glories o'er the blighted spring
And call a lovelier life from death,
And whisper with a voice divine
Of real worlds as bright as thine.
Composition:
- Set to music by John Mitchell (b. 1941), "To Imagination", op. 17 no. 3 (1976), stanzas 1,5, from Visions from the Earth, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
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Research team for this page: Victoria Brago , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 219